Effective August 1, O. T.
(Buzz) Mundt of Mechanical -
Engineering has been promot-
ed to engineering associate.
The title of engineering asso-
ciate is the highest non-super-
visory position an engineer
can achieve at Lago.
This is granted only in cases
where many years of experi-
rience have been obtained in
a highly specialized area and
the individual is able to handle
major protects independently.
Only three others hold a simi-
lar title here.
Mr. Mundt is an authority
on Lago's electrical distribu-
tion system and has been the
project coordinator for the
Major Refinery Switchgear re-
placements during the last few
years.
He holds a BS and a Mas-
ter's degree in electrical engi-
neering (power option) from
the University of North Da-
kota and came to Lago in
1944. After a break in service
he returned in 1951. Prior to
his advancement, he had been
a senior engineer.
In addition to his 17 years
of Lago experience, Mr. Mundt
has had a varied background
in his electrical speciality. He
worked five years in a consut-
ing engineering firm in New
York, four years in an electri-
cal manufacturing firm in

0. T. Mundt

Pennsylvania and one year
with an electrical power com-
pany in North Dakota. He al-
so worked in Chile for three
years.
As part of the Process
Training Course, Mr. Mundt
gives 14 hours of instruction
in electrical generation.
In his spare time, he enjoys
tennis and swimming. On his
forthcoming vacation he has
plans to visit the Brokopondo
hydroelectric project in Suri-
nam.
Mr. Mundt is married and
has a daughter and two sons,
both college students who are
summer trainees at Lago. The
daughter is married.

As Estimating Tool
Cost engineers in the Tech-
nical Department Economics
an Planning Division have re-
cently incorporated the com-
puter in their cost estimating
of piping work. The result is
a savings of about 75 per cent
of the manhours previously
used in this kind of work.
In addition, much of the
work can be done by a clerk,
releasing an engineer for
other pressing job require-
ments.
SThe basic idea was adopt-
ed at Lago by Engineering
Associate Bill Hedlund. It
was developed with C. A Mc-
Kinzie and I. Rusins of the
Systems Section. Experiment-
ing and debugging took less
than three weeks.

in New Projects
The first application of
this estimating technique is
in connection with the Oil
Movements project. Done
manually, the calculations of
total cost and manhours to
install piping for this pro-
ject would take about 40
days of an engineer's time.
It would require calculations
on each piece of pipe section
covered on some 378 isome-
tric drawings submitted by
the Arthur G. McKee compa-
ny.
Now, a clerk copies infor-
mation from the drawings
directly to a form which goes
to the key punching section.
Cards are punched so the
computer can handle the cal-
(Continued -on page 2)

Federico E. Farro, Engin-
eering Assistant "A" in the
Mechanical-Engineering De-
partment, became the first
member of a recent group to
receive an International Cor-
respondence School diploma

New PCAR Cargo Elevator
Can Hoist Men ,Material
During Next Turnaround
A new passenger-cargo ele-
vator capable of lifting twen-
ty men or 4000 pounds of
material at speeds up to 200
feet per minute, has been in-
stalled at Lago.
The new elevator can be
seen standing along the
northwest side of the PCAR
(Cat Plant). From a base on
the ground, two towers rise
into the air 187 feet. In bet-
ween the towers rides a 490
cubic foot elevator car.
The unit is easily control-
led with the use of one lever.
The lever, which has five po-
sitions, has a high and low
speed position for both the
upward and downward direc-
tions. At low speed the eleva-
tor car moves at 100 feet per
minute, while 200 feet per
minute can be obtained in
high.
The Alihoist will be used
extensively during the Cat
Plant turnaround early next
year. It will transport men
and material to work sites
on 15 levels.
One advantage of the Ali-
hoist is that it can carry
both passengers and mate-
rials. Elevators that carry
passengers must meet high
safety standards. Such safe-
ty standards also built into
the Alihoist.
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in Mechanical Engineering.
At a luncheon held in his
honor at the Esso Club on
July 25, he was presented his
diploma by K. O. Oliver, Mech-
anical Division Superintendent
Engineering. Also present was
M. G. Murray, Supervising
Engineer, Refining Project
Section.
Mr. Farro began the cour-
se two years ago and spent up
to twenty hours per week
working on the assignments.
Engineers of the Mechanical-
Engineering Division were
available if assistance was ne-
cessary,
A special arrangement for
Lago employees was.made be-
tween Lago and ICS. Only
subjects necessary for Engin-
eering Division work and
those not adequately covered
by Lago training, were in-
cluded in the course
This is not the only course
which Mr. Farro has taken
part in. He began a four-year
apprentice program with the
Lago Vocational School in
1951. In 1962, he attended
night classes for a course in
Auto-Mechanics at the Aruba
Technical School. Recently,
he completed a Lago Power
Distribution Course and for
over a yeir he has participat-
ed in the English Language
Lab.
Mr. Farro is now busy with
a Lago Process Training
course where bua msat
temperature, preaflre. fli.
flow and tlW eIpW9ti of
Process Units are dtea ed.
At his hone, Ma. fePam. hK
begun piano ~ieas J al-
ready knows how to IN&y t)e
piano by ea lht ht falt it
would be nice if tLe were a-fe
to read must also.

When Is a Safety Rule
Not a Safety Rule?
When it is seen but not read.
When it is read but not applied.
When it is known but not obeyed-
When it is deliberately violated.
When it is winked at, sneered at, and finally ignored.
When it is not accepted in a spirit of cooperation and sports
manship.
And, lastly, when, after it has been found important enough
to be placed in the rule book, it is not strictly enforced by
those who should do so.

Earnings for the first six
months of the Standard Oil
Company (New Jersey) and
its affiliates worldwide were
estimated at $563,000,000,
equal to $2.61 a share based
on the average of 215,445,000
shares outstanding. This re-
presents an increase of $2,000,
000 over the previous record
high of $561,000,000 or $2.60
a share reported for the first
half of 1966.
For the first six months,
total revenues from sales and.
investments were estimated
at $7,319,000,000, a rise of 9.8
per cent over the $6,664,000,
000 total for comparable pe-
riod last year. Reflecting a
6.9 per cent gain, petroleum
product sales worldwide grew
to an average of 4,685,000
barrels a day for the first
half 1967. Record levels were
also achieved in sales of natu-
ral gas as well as chemical
products.
Income and operating taxes,
together with import duties,
consumer taxes and other pay-
ments to U.S. and foreign go-
vernments, totaled $2,438,000,
000 for the first six months
of 1967. For the same period
In 1966 such payments totaled
$2,233,000,000.
Expenditures for property,
plant and equipment by the
consolidated companies total-
ed $640,000,000 for the first
half as compared with $457,
000,000 in the first six months
of 1966. In addition, in the
worldwide search for oil and
gas reserves, the total spent
and charged to income in
1967 was $105,000,000.

Gross production of crude
oil and natural gas liquids,
together with crude oil off-
take under special arrange-
ments, increased by 1.9 per
cent to an average of 4,578,
000 barrels a day. Refinery
runs by Jersey affiliates
worldwide averaged 4,272,000
barrels daily in the first half,
an increase of 3.9 per cent
over the same period last
year.

Computer Estimating
(Continud di pag. 1)
culations. The overall man-
hours is now less than ten
days or one fourth of the
time originally required. In
addition, there is a greater
accuracy in the final num-
bers. The computer program
includes self correcting pro-
cedures.
The use of computers, in
cost estimating is also dohe
at Esso Research and En-
engineering.
This computer-estimating
method was not used at La-
go in the past because there
wasn't enough volume of es-
timating work to justify it:
With the new Oil Movements
and Control House Moderni-
zation Projects the estimat-
ing work has grown to a
magnitude where the incor-
poration of a computer is
necessary to cut down work-
load.
Plans are now underway
to use the computer in other
cost estimating jobs such
as instrumentation, painting,
carpentry and electrical work.

One of the newest pieces of
firefighting equipment instal-
led in the refinery recently
was the mobile monitor noz-
zles. Mounted on a two-wheel,
low trailer are a nozzle with
connections and a tray cap-
able of holding two lengths of
lightweight fire hoses.
This additional fire protec-
tion equipment has been stat-
ioned at LEAR-1, LEAR-2,
PCAR, Units 9 & 10 and Com-
bination Units 5-6-7-8. The
new nozzles can be adjusted
from a straight stream to a
90-degree stream as marked

on the nozzle.
These new trailer-mounted
monitor nozzles, manufactur-
ed by National Foam System,
are lightweight and can be
handled by one man. Contrary
to the stationary equipment,
the hose and nozzle can be
easily moved to the closest
fire hydrant for more effective
firefighting.
The use of these mobile
units had been recommended
in a fire survey made at Lago
by R. F. Murphy of Esso Res-
earch and Engineering from
April to June, 1966.

Alihoist
(Continued from page 1)
One safety device which
the Alihoist is equipped with
is the Overspeed Governor.
The Overspeed Governor en-
gages two safety catches
that brake the cage to a halt
should the speed of the cage
exceed 280 feet per minute.
The Overspeed Governor al-
so automatically shuts off
the electrical power.
In the advent of a power
failure another braking me-
chnism engages and stops the
car.
Special switches are also
included to prevent the cage
from going beyond the al-
lowed distance in which the
cage can travel.
The Alihoist can be erect-
ed to great heights. In Bos-
ton, Mass. one Alihoist was
erected to a height of 500
feet for the use in the con-
struction of a new bank
building.

A gleaming safety hat far
out at sea and two alert Lago
employees were responsible
for rescuing several people
recently. That a safety hat
can save lives on the job is a
well accepted fact. But that
these two employees could so
quickly react to a signal em-
anating from the protective
helmet is unusual.
What began as a pleasant
fishing trip on the morning of
July 27, could have ended in
a tragedy, except for a safety
hat and the resourcefulness of
one of the occupants of the
motorboat "Corsair."
The 28 feet BMC Comman-
der, Registration NA719, had
left Barcadera Harbor around
7 a.m. Skipper was Lago an-
nuitant Angel Dirks. Other
crewmembers were Juan Ras,
Boy Vrolik, and Mr. Dirks' 14
year-old son, Rudy.
A little after noon a shaft
connection failed and the boat
started to drift. Realizing that
they had to get help fast, Juan
Ras, who is an ACI employee,
used his aluminum safety hat
to signal a passing tanker. By
directing the sun's reflection
from the metal hat, he expect-
ed to attract attention from
the passer-by. To their re-
gret, their efforts went unno-
ticed by the tanker's crew-
members.
However, the signal caught
the attention of Eloy Kool-
man, a Lab employee, who
happened to look out of the

window at the time. He re-
ported his suspicion at once
to Alex Hoo, Acting Supervis-
ing Chemist in the Lab's In-
spection Section, who relayed
the message to A. W. Kelley,
Process Foreman in the Mar-
ine Building.
Mr. Kelley, who had also
been informed of the distress
signal by R. MacDonald of
the Technical Department, im-
mediately advised the San Ni-
colas government pilot boat,
which set out to tow the
"Corsair." By then she was
six miles off Savaneta.
The crew arrived safely at
Rodger's Beach at Seroe Colo-
rado a little before 4 p.m.
By this time, everyone was
curious as to what signalling
device they had used. No one
had the remotest idea that
they had used a safety hat as
a distress signal.
Although the safety helmet
saved their lives, one of the
reasons was that their target
was large, namely the whole
southern coast of Aruba. Had
they aimed only at a ship or
airplane, the smaller target
would have been difficult to
hit with sufficient precision
to attract attention.
This difficulty can be over-
come by carrying a signal
mirror, which has a sighting
device permitting precise aim-
ing of the sun's reflection
even at a small target many
miles away.

White Yellow Cross Opens
Fifty colored balloons ris- Lt. Governor O.S. Henriquez
ing skyward marked the offi- and Mrs. Henriquez, alderman
cial opening of the Santa Cruz G. F. Croes, Island Secretary
White Yellow Cross Center on A. J. Booi, Jr. and Mrs. Booi,
Saturday, July 29. Six-year- Dr. O. A. Bjl, director of
old Ligia Geerman cut the Public Health Service, Board
string releasing the balloons. Members, of the San Pe-
She was the first Santa Cruz dro Hospital, representatives
baby to be registered at the of the Association of Phy-
Paradera clinic in 1961. sicians, clergy, Lions and
After the inauguration the Rotary Board Members, sis-
building was blessed by Mon- ters and physicians of the
signor J.M. Holterman, bishop White Yellow Cross Founda-
of Willemstad. In his address tion. Representing Lago was
to the audience Msgr. Holter- President W. A. Murray. La-
man called the White Yellow go's financial assistance to-
Cross a good example for ma- wards the foundation's build-
ny organizations. He pointed ing fund helped make this
out the progress this founda- new district quarters a reali-
tion has made in a short time. ty.
Among the many who at- After the ceremony White
tended the inauguration was Yellow Cross President J.

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Third Clinic
Meelis invited the guests to
tour their new clinic facili-
ties. The sisters and board
members provided explana-
tions. After viewing the
building, the guests were of-
fered refreshments in the
Club Estrella which is adja-
cent to the new clinic.
The Foundation has come
one step nearer to its object-
ive: each district to have its
own quarters. The clinic at
Santa Cruz is the third on
the island; in addition to the
ones at Oranjestad and San
Nicolas. Plans for the future
include the construction of a
district quarters at Savane-
ta. Land is already available
for the purpose. Building
may be started this year.

Lago Scholarship
This year the Lago Scholar-
ship Foundation has awarded
thirty eight grants to young
Arubans who wish to pursue
higher education.
Since 1967 the Lago Scho-
larship Foundation has been
helping aspiring young men
and women to obtain a uni-
versity education. So far
251 students have received
grants.
The Foundation's purpose
is to make financial grants
to Arubans seeking degrees
in arts and sciences, and
technical and vocational train-
ing that will contribute to
Aruba'q well being.
Total cost for the year
1967-1968 amounts to approxi-
mately Fls. 130,000. This
year three new grants have

Two Dutch sailors pedal back from a project on
the forecastle of the 90,000-dwt. ESSO DEN
HAAG. It is 680 feet from the bridge and living
quarters aft to the bow of the supertanker.
Length is 861 feet, its width 125 feet, and its
depth 62 feet.